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Kansas City Royals @ Toronto Blue Jays

1997-07-26 · Day game · Rogers Centre · Att: 34133 · 75°F, cloudy, dry · Wind 11 mph to CF · 2:41

Toronto Blue Jays defeated Kansas City Royals 6–5. Toronto Blue Jays put up 4 in the 8th. Mike Timlin earned the win. Benito Santiago went 3-for-4 with 2 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KCA	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	5	8
TOR	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4		6	8

W: Mike Timlin L: Hector Carrasco SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Chuck Meriwether · 1B: Terry Craft · 2B: Ted Barrett · 3B: Jim Evans · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bip Roberts	5	2	1	0	0	1
Jose Offerman	3	1	1	0	1	0
Jay Bell	5	1	2	1	0	0
Chili Davis	4	1	0	0	0	0
Dean Palmer	4	0	2	3	0	2
Jeff King	4	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Damon	4	0	1	0	0	1
Mike Macfarlane	4	0	0	0	0	0
Yamil Benitez	2	0	1	0	1	0
David Howard	1	0	0	0	0	0

Toronto Blue Jays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Otis Nixon	3	0	0	0	1	0
Orlando Merced	2	0	0	0	2	0
Joe Carter	4	1	1	0	0	0
Carlos Delgado	4	0	0	0	0	4
Ed Sprague	3	2	1	0	1	0
Shawn Green	4	1	1	3	0	1
Benito Santiago	4	2	3	3	0	0
Carlos Garcia	4	0	2	0	0	0
Alex Gonzalez	4	0	0	0	0	2

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Kevin Appier	7.0	5	3	5
Hector Carrasco	1.0	3	1	2

Toronto Blue Jays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Luis Andujar	7.0	7	2	3
Mike Timlin	2.0	1	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Bip Roberts: S8/L6MD
Jose Offerman: 34/SH/BG3S.1-2
Jay Bell: D8/F78M.2-H
Chili Davis: 43/G4MD
Dean Palmer: K

Bot 1

Otis Nixon: 7/F78M
Orlando Merced: W
Joe Carter: WP.1-2
Joe Carter: 8/F8LM
Carlos Delgado: K

Top 2

Jeff King: 7/F7LSF
Johnny Damon: S8/G4M
Mike Macfarlane: 9/F9S
Yamil Benitez: W.1-2
Bip Roberts: 7/L7S

Bot 2

Ed Sprague: D7/L7LS
Shawn Green: 31/G3L.2-3
Benito Santiago: HR/F7D.3-H
Carlos Garcia: S7/P6D
Alex Gonzalez: 7/F7S
Otis Nixon: W.1-2
Orlando Merced: 31/G3D

Top 3

Jose Offerman: W
Jay Bell: E5/TH/G5S.1-3
Chili Davis: 4/P4D
Dean Palmer: S7/G5.3-H(UR);1-3
Jeff King: 64(1)3/GDP/G6

Bot 3

Joe Carter: 9/F89S
Carlos Delgado: K
Ed Sprague: 63/G6D

Top 4

Johnny Damon: 9/L9M
Mike Macfarlane: 6/P6MD
Yamil Benitez: 63/G6

Bot 4

Shawn Green: 43/G4
Benito Santiago: 63/G6D
Carlos Garcia: 53/G5

Top 5

Bip Roberts: E3/G3
Jose Offerman: 8/L8LM
Jay Bell: S7/L7LM.1-2
Chili Davis: E3/G3.2-H(UR)(NR);1-3;B-2
Dean Palmer: D7/G5L.3-H(UR);2-H(UR)
Jeff King: 6/L6D
Johnny Damon: 8/F8LM

Bot 5

Alex Gonzalez: K
Otis Nixon: 63/G6M
Orlando Merced: W
Joe Carter: 7/F7LSF

Top 6

Mike Macfarlane: 53/G5
Yamil Benitez: T8/F8RXDW
Bip Roberts: K
Jose Offerman: 8/F78D

Bot 6

Carlos Delgado: K
Ed Sprague: 9/F9M
Shawn Green: K

Top 7

Jay Bell: 8/F8RM
Chili Davis: 43/G4MD
Dean Palmer: K

Bot 7

Benito Santiago: S7/L7S
Carlos Garcia: S8/L4MD.1-2
Alex Gonzalez: WP.2-3;1-2
Alex Gonzalez: 53/G5L
Otis Nixon: 5/P5DF
Orlando Merced: 3/G3

Top 8

Jeff King: 43/G34D
Johnny Damon: K
Mike Macfarlane: 13/G15

Bot 8

Joe Carter: S7/L7S
Carlos Delgado: K
Ed Sprague: W.1-2
Shawn Green: HR/F9D.2-H;1-H
Benito Santiago: HR/F7D
Carlos Garcia: 8/F8RS
Alex Gonzalez: K

Top 9

David Howard: 8/F8RM
Bip Roberts: 43/G4
Jose Offerman: S8/L6MD
Jay Bell: 63/G6MD